Two men, including a former military reservist who stole the identities of fellow soldiers while stationed overseas, pleaded no contest today for their involvement in an identity theft scam totaling more than $215,000 in losses, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Warren Kato of the High Tech Crime Division said…
Credit union notifying customers after drive with personal info lost
Palm Springs Federal Credit Union has been notifying its members after an external drive with their names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and account numbers was lost on or about October 20. In a letter to those affected, CEO Debbie Pitigliano writes that the CU was required to provide the data as part of its regulatory obligation for audits,…
FTC Says Debt Broker Disclosed Too Much
Dan McCue reports: Debt broker Bayview Solutions LLC posted the debt portfolios of 28,000 consumers online, including their bank account numbers and other identifying information, the Federal Trade Commission claims in a federal lawsuit. Bayview Solutions was established in 2008 and does business as Bayview Risk Management Capital and Bayview Commercial Recovery. It’s primary business…
TX: Investigation reveals student records from Whitehouse ISD stolen from Louisiana archival service
Ashley Slayton reports: The FBI is investigating a theft of student records at Whitehouse Independent School District. Read more on KLTV A statement prominently linked from the district’s homepage says, in part: PRESS RELEASE: ATTENTION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2011 AND CLASS OF 2012 Whitehouse Independent School District has received notification from…
NL: Health insurance company botches patient satisfaction survey
DutchNews.nl reports: Health insurance company Zilveren Kruis has apologised to policyholders after sending them a survey about their hospital treatment using the details of another patient. The mistake meant policyholders received a form containing the initials and surname, hospital department and length of treatment of someone else. The forms did not include details of the…
Vladimir Drinkman to be extradited to U.S.
The Associated Press reports that the Dutch government has approved the extradition of Vladimir Drinkman to the United States. Drinkman is accused of articipating in a hacking ring that penetrated computer networks of more than a dozen corporations and stole at least 160 million credit and debit card numbers.